WHAT IS ECONOMICS?
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Economics is the study of how people use limited resources to satisfy their needs and wants. A society must answer three basic economic questions: what goods and services to produce, how to produce them, and who gets the goods and services. The U.S. has a free enterprise system that offers benefits like giving consumers free choice and encouraging competition to provide the best products at the lowest prices.
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World War II began in Europe in September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, and in Asia in 1937 when Japan invaded China. Key events included Germany and Italy forming the Axis alliance with Japan in 1940, Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 which brought the US into the war as an ally of Britain and the Soviet Union against the Axis powers, the successful Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944, and the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, leading Japan to surrender and end World War II.
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End of reconstruction
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Women in the civil war
Women played important roles during the Civil War despite official bans on their enlistment. An estimated 400-650 women disguised themselves as men to serve as soldiers, with Sarah Edmonds achieving the rank of private under the alias Franklin Thompson in the Union army. Most women worked as nurses, caring for wounded soldiers and saving many lives, with Clara Barton becoming the most famous for later founding the American Red Cross. A few women like Rose Greenhow also served as spies, gathering and passing along intelligence for both the Union and Confederacy.
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The document summarizes various reform movements that emerged in the United States during the 1800s. It discusses Dorothea Dix's campaign for prison and mental institution reform, the Temperance movement to prohibit alcohol, and improvements in education supported by Horace Mann. The Abolitionist movement sought to end slavery and was advanced by figures like William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimke Sisters, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth. The Underground Railroad helped runaway slaves travel north. The women's rights movement grew out of abolitionism, with the Seneca Falls Convention demanding equality for women in work, schools, and churches.
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- 2. WHAT IS ECONOMICS?? โ ECONOMICS IS THE STUDY OF HOW PEOPLE USE RESOURCES TO SURVIVE AND TO SATISFY THEIR NEEDS AND WANTS
- 3. 3 BASIC ECONOMIC QUESTIONS โ A SOCIETY MUST ANSWER THREE BASIC ECONOMIC QUESTIONS.
- 4. 1ST ECONOMIC QUESTION โ WHAT GOODS AND SERVICES SHOULD BE PRODUCE? (RESOURCES)
- 5. 2ND ECONOMIC QUESTION โ HOW TO PRODUCE THE GOODS AND SERVICES? (PRODUCERS)
- 6. 3RD ECONOMIC QUESTION โ WHO GETS THE GOODS AND SERVICES PRODUCED? (HOUSEHOLDS)
- 7. CASH ECONOMY โ IN A CASH ECONOMY INCOME DETERMINES THE GOODS AND SERVICES A CONSUMER CAN BUY
- 8. FREE ENTERPRISE โ THE U.S. HAS A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM โ A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM OFFERS SEVERAL BENEFITS, โ ALSO THE GOVERNMENT PLAYS A LIMITED ROLE IN FREE ENTERPRISE
- 9. BENEFITS OF FREE ENTERPRISE โ GIVES CONSUMERS FREE CHOICE โ ENCOURAGES COMPETITION OR BEST PRODUCT AT LOWEST PRICE โ SUPPORTS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP โ ENCOURAGES INVENTION AND INVESTMENT
- 10. WHAT ARE VALUES??? Values strongly influence our spending habits. We donโt usually spend our money on things we do not feel are important. Typically, the more important something is, the more we are willing to spend on it.
- 11. Values โช Family โช Friends โช Work โช Honesty โช Self Reliance โช Independence โช Religion โช The beliefs and practices in your life that are very important to you.
- 13. WHAT IS SCARCITY??? โScarcity is an economic principle stating that because of limited resources, an economic system cannot possibly produce all the goods and services that people want; therefore, choices must be made about how the limited resources will be used.โ
- 14. NEEDS vs WANTS โช NEEDS โช Essentialsโฆthe basics of life โช Food โช Clothing โช Shelter
- 15. NEEDS vs WANTS โช WANTS โช Simply increase the quality of living
- 16. ALMOST FINISHED โ WHAT IS SCARCITY? โ WHAT ARE NEEDS? โ WHAT ARE WANTS? โ WHAT ARE VALUES? โ NAME TWO THINGS THAT INFLUENCE YOUR VALUES
- 17. CAN YOU ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS??? โ WHAT ARE THE THREE BASIC ECONOMIC QUESTIONS EVERY SOCIETY MUST ANSWER? โ WHAT ARE TWO BENEFITS THAT A FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM OFFERS TO CONSUMERS? โ WHAT ARE THE BASIC NEEDS?